He then relates how he used to visit prostitutes when he was young, and complains that women's dresses are designed to arouse men's desires. Convention dictates that two married people stay together, and initial love can quickly turn into hatred. When a woman argues that marriage should not be arranged but based on true love, he asks "what is love?" and points out that, if understood as an exclusive preference for one person, it often passes quickly. Tolstoy's novella inspired the 1901 painting The Kreutzer Sonata by René-Xavier Prinet.ĭuring a train ride, Pozdnyshev overhears a conversation concerning marriage, divorce and love.
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